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Shopping hospitals' price lists / New law sheds light on wide discrepancies in charges
An abdominal CT scan costs nearly $4,800 at Berkeley's Alta Bates Medical Center, but less than $1,000 at St. Luke's Hospital in San Francisco. A complete blood count is priced at $36 at Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland and $140 at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco.
Basic price lists vary wildly from hospital to hospital in the Bay Area, according to long-confidential data now available to the public.
The pricing information is coming out thanks to a law that went into effect last year that allows consumers to see official hospital charges for any of thousands of medical procedures, products and devices -- everything from a dose of ibuprofen to a room in the intensive care unit. The law's goal is to shed light on the mysterious and byzantine world of hospital billing practices.
"There's a great disparity in what hospitals are charging for everything from a common procedure to medications," said Assemblyman Dario Frommer, D- Glendale (Los Angeles County), the disclosure law's sponsor. "Sometimes there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to why these disparities exist."
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Experts caution, though, that there is a flaw in the pricing disclosure big enough to drive a fleet of ambulances through.
Very few patients are actually charged the official prices that hospitals have to make public. All patients covered by insurance, whether it's private, Medicare or Medi-Cal, are assessed discounted rates negotiated by the payers. Those rates could be a fraction of the "sticker" price.
"We could charge a million dollars, but our negotiated rate with Health Net could be $500," said Kathy Campbell, spokeswoman for ValleyCare Medical Center in Pleasanton. "No matter what our charge is, that's not what we're going to get. And that's not what they're (patients) going to pay, unless they have no insurance."
That is the irony. Only those with no insurance are billed the full cost. And often, those without insurance can't afford thousands of dollars for health care, making it unlikely that a hospital will collect the full amount it bills.
Still, of the 45 million people without health insurance in the United States, 6.4 million live in California. In addition, as workplace health care benefits erode, consumers sometimes find themselves paying out of their own pockets for procedures that aren't covered by insurance.
The official hospital pricing data are "a starting point and a basis of comparison," said George Quinn, senior vice president of the Wisconsin Hospital Association. Wisconsin has what is generally regarded as the nation's most comprehensive hospital pricing disclosure rules.
California's law, which took effect July 1, requires hospitals to provide the prices of 25 of the most common procedures or services upon request. Those charges will be available online by July 1.
The law also allows people to examine a book of prices, called a charge description master, or chargemaster, a hefty manual designed for billing purposes that lists every product and service the hospital offers.
Before the law went into effect, patients could typically get a rough idea of the cost of a procedure by speaking with a financial official at the hospital. But they did not have a right to see the master price list.
Since the law went into effect, few patients have asked to see chargemasters, according to the hospitals. Few people seem to be aware of the law, although many hospitals have posted signs telling consumers of their rights.
Even if they were to see the chargemaster, few patients would understand it.
"The chargemaster will weigh more than their newborn," said Steven Rousso, senior vice president of Healthcare Financial Solutions in Oakland.
The document does not give the price of entire procedures, such as cesarean sections or hip replacements. Instead, it breaks down complicated procedures into components, such as the cost of inserting intravenous feeding tubes, assigning a code for each.
That means patients who want to know the cost of an entire procedure would have to identify all the drugs, equipment and services needed, and add up each charge code.
Moreover, even if they were able to navigate through such medical terminology as a cholangiography or a chromogenic substrate assay, some key costs, such as the physician's bill, aren't included in the chargemaster.
"What good does it do to know what a complete blood count or a piece of gauze costs?" said Quinn, the Wisconsin hospital association executive.
Wisconsin's disclosure laws date back to 1986, but recent changes are making the information more accessible. The state's 132 acute-care hospitals must submit their pricing data to a subsidiary of the Wisconsin Hospital Association.
The group is compiling the information according to procedure in a form consumers can understand, such as the entire cost of a knee replacement or bypass surgery. It will post prices online starting Feb. 7.
In California, the differences in official prices from hospital to hospital are striking and mystifying.
The cost of a common blood test can vary by more then $100, according to a Chronicle check of several local hospitals. Some hospitals charge more than $12 for a tablet of ibuprofen, while other hospitals do not charge for drugs that can be self-administered.
Kaiser Permanente, for example, charges $145 for an electrocardiogram, the lowest among surveyed hospitals and about one-third the $502.50 price at San Ramon Regional Medical Center. But Kaiser's chargemaster price for a mammogram, $405, is the highest among the surveyed hospitals.
The daily rate for a stay in an intensive care unit varies less among hospitals surveyed, ranging from a low of $5,445 at San Francisco General to a high of $6,210 at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco.
The official prices listed in the chargemaster are arbitrary, according to Rousso. "Prices in the hospitals have absolutely nothing to do with anything," he said.
Hospital officials say many factors go into their master prices, including geography, patient mix and percentage of uninsured patients, labor costs, real estate prices and technology.
"When you look at that $7 aspirin, what's being factored into that is the cost of the highly paid registered nurse bringing it to your bedside. What's being factored into the cost of the bed you're sleeping in is meeting seismic retrofit requirements," said Jan Emerson, spokeswoman for the California Hospital Association.
Whether a hospital is a for-profit institution, a county hospital or a research facility also plays a role.
The percentage of uninsured patients ranges from 40 percent at public Alameda County Medical Center to less than 1 percent at San Ramon Regional Medical Center, operated by for-profit Tenet Healthcare Corp. Many of the uninsured patients who flock to public hospitals eventually qualify for government assistance.
While the low-income uninsured are often billed the retail rate, few can pay. In practice, most hospitals give low-income uninsured people discounts, and some charge them rates similar to what insurers pay.
Emerson said that hospital pricing policies reflect the way the American health care system has developed in recent decades.
When Medicare was created in 1965 to pay for health care for seniors, a system was put in place that closely matched reimbursements to hospitals with the actual cost of providing treatment.
Changes in the system designed to save the federal government money in the 1980s and the emergence of managed care in the 1990s caused prices and costs to diverge.
Emerson said requiring hospitals to reveal their prices will not clarify the system.
"It's an arcane structure; there's no question about it," she said. "Unfortunately, it's the way the health care system has evolved."
Hospitals by the numbers A survey of the charges at several Bay Area hospitals reveals a wide variety of prices for common procedures and services.. Complete blood count: Alameda Co. Med. Center (Oakland) - $36 San Francisco Gen. Hospital - $50 St. Lukes Hospital - $94 Kaiser Permanente - $140 Mammography screening: St. Lukes Hospital - $195 Alameda Co. Med. Center (Oakland) - $200 San Ramon Regional Med. Center - $238.50 Kaiser Permanente (Northern California) - $405 Abdominal CT scan: St. Lukes Hospital - $921.2 Kaiser Permanente (S.F.) - $2,195 San Ramon Regional Med. Center - $3,343 Alta Bates Med. Center - $4,781 Room and careintensive care unit: San Francisco Gen. Hospital - $5,445 St. Lukes Hospital - $5,934 Alameda Co. Med. Center (Oakland) - $6,000 Kaiser Permanente (S.F.) - $6,210 Source: Chronicle research


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Sydney Tormey was eliminated from "So You Think You Can Dance" last week when the Top 9 performed and were narrowed down to the Top 8. We predicted that outcome, so should tonight's performers heed our warnings again? If so, that's bad news for Kaylee Millis, who is the frontrunner to be sent home according to our users who have entered our weekly predictions contest. But are we underestimating her? She got rave reviews from the judges.
As of this writing Millis gets leading odds of 13/8, which translates to a 37.8% chance of being eliminated, so it's far from a sure thing, and if she does find herself in the bottom three based on viewer votes, she might be saved by judges if their comments last week are any indication. Mary Murphy did mention that the performance was slightly "labored" at times, but "I couldn't even begin to do the things that you do in high heels." Nigel Lythgoe called her "unique" and "fearless" and compared her to Bob Fosse's wife and dancer Gwen Verdon — high praise indeed. Lythgoe even said that Millis "eclipsed" her all-star partner Cyrus Spencer, to which Spencer applauded. And Vanessa Hudgens said Millis "absolutely crushed it."
If Millis survives tonight's elimination, our users think Dassy Lee is next in line with odds of 4/1 (20.5% chance of elimination); Lee was in the bottom three last week, so that could be bad news for her unless she picked up new fans with her sexy hip-hop routine with her all-star partner Fik-Shun. And Taylor Sieve ranks third with odds of 5/1 (16.9% chance of elimination) after her samba with all-star partner Robert Roldan got mixed reviews from the judges.
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brick oven baked chickenbreast with prosciutto, onions, peas, potatoes and rosemary in a lemon and white wine sauce
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and is the game any good. I have brickblocker so will it work
all i can say is i'm having issues with running it on my NTSC 19-wire (region-free) D2Pro install... but i have few other games not working. There's patches for my chip, but don't have the upgrader chipset. Hope to get it working, looks like fun. Never had a chance to play the series on any other platforms.


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Dear Yelp;
I get that you have no way of knowing this but we have a very good relationship as it stands. I write reviews, find awesome places to eat from you, list my business on your site. I'm even pretty serious about defending your site and pointing out how silly people are when they claim you are some sort of extortion racket.
I like you, really I do, just not in a give you money sort way I'm flattered you have assigned me a personal contact person but really I don't want her, I'm not interested in you in that way. You're cool and all just not for me.
Since April 20th this lovely young woman has called and left voice mails telling me how excited she is to be my contact person at Yelp. She's so excited she won't stop calling even though it's obvious I'm intentionally ignoring her. She's so eager that she will even call me multiple times in a row. Like just now at 5:17pm and again at 5:23pm. I've been running in circles all day doing you know my actual business of repairing computers and talking endlessly with clients on the phone. Nothing makes me happier than having Yelp call twice in under 10 minutes 17 minutes after the end of my business day. It's says it right there 5pm in the voicemail greeting she has listened to 7 times in the past few weeks.
So sadly I have been forced to block your number, I will also be adding caller ID filters to my call screening software the blocks the word Yelp. I'll still use the site love it. Though I do now understand why plenty of business owners think you are an extortion racket, it's your unwanted and overly aggressive sales force.
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Health is a very important thing. The bad news is that health is not in everything that is consumed. To make things worse, a lot of the foods and products that people like to consume the most are not the healthiest for people. However, they are the tastiest. The healthier counterparts tend to lack flavor.
This is true with a lot of products. One example of the types of products that people love to consume is coffee. Coffee is known to be less than ideal when it comes to health. However, a lot of people love to consume it. Fortunately, there is an alternative that is even tastier.
This alternative is Organo Gold coffee, presented by Bernardo Chua. This is a really healthy version of the beverage that people love to drink. To make things better, it has that great coffee taste. However, there is some element in the coffee that makes it healthier for people.
This element is called ganoderma. Ganoderma is an ancient herb that is found in Asian countries such as China. It is used for treating illnesses among other things. The health benefits in this herb are astounding.
Bernardo Chua has worked really hard to bring Organo Gold to the world because he had a vision. His vision was not that he would become rich off of the product that he was selling, but that people would experience greater health and a greater quality of life.
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Game of Life for iPhone
Electronic Arts games are currently on a big sale, with most of them currently available for only €0.79, so I decided to pick several up, including the Game of Life.
If you're totally clueless about the game, it's basically a board game where you have to roll and land on spaces, some offer you money, progress your career, or life points because of certain events like getting kids or visiting places. Other spaces cost you money and set you back, like getting fired from your job, paying taxes or getting sued by other players. The winner of the game is the one who has the most money at the end. Capitalism at its finest.
I always loved playing this as a kid, so it seemed fun to be able to play it again, especially the multiplayer version. And it is fun, except for a few little quirks here and there that seem to haunt most EA games. When you play against the computer it keeps using long term investments, which means whenever someone rolls that number the player gets money. Nice, except as a human player you can't seem to place any yourself.
Next there's the cards you can use in-game to either make someone cough up half your fee or to make them give you half their profit, along with a third card to block the first two. In single player they work just fine, but in multiplayer if the active player uses a card, the computer automatically uses the non-active players cards for them instead of giving them the choice. That's just sloppy.
Still, overall it's a fun little game, but if I'd bought it full price I'd be annoyed. Of course an update could fix these bugs, but given how long this game has been out… don't hold your breath.


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Over-dependence on derivatives hit AIG (With 'Inside the financial tsunami')October 3rd, 2008 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The US financial tsunami has washed out giant investment banks of the US and has led to many commercial banks being bought over or nationalised. But what hit the world's largest reinsurance company, the American Insurance Group (AIG)?In the US, every fourth house, every sixth vehicle and every seventh aircraft is insured by AIG. Even then, it got into deep trouble and had to be bailed out with an $85 billion injection by the US government a few weeks ago.
The problems of AIG can be understood only with reference to the other global reinsurance giant General-Re, which was acquired by legendary investor Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway in 1998.
As early as March 2003, Buffet had warned of an investment time-bomb that was waiting to go off.
In his famous and plain-spoken "annual letter to shareholders", Buffet had said the rapidly-growing trade in derivatives poses a "mega-catastrophic risk" for the economy and most shares are still "too expensive".
Derivatives are financial instruments that allow investors to speculate on the future price of commodities or shares - without buying the underlying investment.
These instruments generate reported earnings that are often wildly overstated and based on estimates, the inaccuracy of which may not be exposed for many years.
Derivatives like futures, options and swaps were developed to allow investors hedge their risks in financial markets - in effect, to buy insurance against market movements - but they quickly became a means of investment in their own right.
The derivatives market exploded during the last decade, with investment banks selling billions of dollars worth of these investments to clients as a way to off-load or manage market risk.
But Buffet argued that such highly complex financial instruments were time bombs and "financial weapons of mass destruction" that could harm not only their buyers and sellers, but the whole economic system.
Some derivatives contracts, Buffet said, appear to have been devised by "madmen".
He warned that derivatives could push companies onto a "spiral that can lead to a corporate meltdown", like the demise of the notorious US hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management in 1998.
Derivatives also posed a dangerous incentive for false accounting, Buffet said.
The profits and losses from derivatives deals are booked straight away, even though no actual money changes hand. In many cases, the real costs hit companies only many years later.
For these reasons, Buffet told shareholders in 2003 that his investment group Berkshire Hathaway would pull out of the market and would close down the derivatives trading subsidiary that it bought as part of General-Re.
In his letter, Buffet compared the derivatives business to "hell… easy to enter and almost impossible to exit" and predicted that it will take years to unwind the complex deals struck by its subsidiary General Re Securities.
AIG, however, continued to deal in derivatives in the hope of creating a more diversified revenue base and now the time bomb has gone off while Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway continues to give shareholders healthy returns.
Also, unlike Buffet's insurance operations, AIG failed to charge enough premium for the risks it assumed. It diluted insurance standards in its urgency to grab market share and get more premium income.
A skewed risk-return spectrum and too many complex derivatives deals finally caught up with AIG and almost sent it under.
- Todd Anthony Combs: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Successor - Oct 26, 2010
- Berkshire Hathaway Gives Nod For Stock Split - Jan 21, 2010
- GIC Re covered for Japan risks: Chairman - Mar 15, 2011
- Warren Buffet reveals in his annual letter what's in the future for the investors - Mar 03, 2010
- Rajat Gupta offers to resign as ISB chairman - Mar 21, 2011
- Japan disaster losses to exceed $100 bn - Mar 16, 2011
- Non-life insurers need to be prudent in underwriting risks: GIC - Aug 18, 2012
- GIC having a relook at obligatory reinsurance contracts - Aug 17, 2012
- ISB founder Rajat Gupta offers to quit as chairman (Lead) - Mar 21, 2011
- Warren Buffett diagnosed with prostate cancer - Apr 18, 2012
- Warren Buffett seems to have chosen his successor - Aug 16, 2011
- Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway to buy Burlington Northern - Nov 03, 2009
- Geojit to lure Arab investors to Indian bourses - Jun 21, 2012
- Did Rajat Gupta spill the beans about Project Moon? - May 26, 2012
- New Recruit At Berkshire Likely To Be Buffett's Successor - Oct 26, 2010
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"Courage is not just about heroic acts in grandiose situations—it's about everyday, solid-as-a-rock support and leadership that motivates, inspires, and delivers." — Angela Sebaly, author, The Courageous Leader
The Courageous Leader presents a much-needed reminder for leaders everywhere: it takes courage. It's about taking a risk on a great idea, and it's about seeing opportunities in the day-to-day.
Courageous leaders aren't necessarily the bold "Navy SEALS" of the workplace; they're the everyday people who lead steadily through rough waters. They don't seek out discomfort, but accept it as part of the process when it occurs, and still deliver exceptional results. This book shows you how to tap into your courage reserves and build your steel. Real stories of everyday leaders show you how it's done, and provide a new lens for seeing real strength in adversity—and practicing it yourself.
Tough situations do arise, but great leaders show courage every day. Keeping your strength in reserve for the big problems leaves you operating at less-than-full capacity the rest of the time—and your people deserve better. This book shows you how to exercise courage every day in small situations to build the unshakeable foundation of a great leader.


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I soon learned that nutrition is tremendously important to both preventing and curing cancer. Here are some notes I gathered from various sources, in PDF form to read and download if you wish:
Here are the two tables of glycemic load data I created. At the end is a resource for even more complete information.


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South Dade was able to survive a late rally by North Miami Beach and held on for a 14-12 victory Friday night at Harris Field.
With under two minutes left, defensive lineman Taylor Ballinger intercepted a tipped pass to end a Chargers' drive. After a defensive stop by North Miami Beach, a punt by South Dade (4-5) was returned to the 20-yard line.
"It was coming to the end and I had to make the play for my team," Ballinger said.
The Chargers (6-3) had the ball on the Bucs' 8-yard line with 30 seconds left and no timeouts. The first three downs resulted in incomplete passes by Wendell Morrison. On fourth-and-goal, Morrison connected with Fritz Merus for an 8-yard touchdown pass to make the score 14-12 with three seconds left in regulation.
On the two-point conversion attempt, Morrison scrambled and fired a pass to Vinshaun Cobham. With a defender diving at him, Cobham was unable to hang on to the potential tying reception. Most of the South Dade sideline emptied onto the field to celebrate. A flag was thrown since three seconds were left in the game. An onside kick was tried by North Miami Beach, but South Dade recovered it as time expired.
After a scoreless first quarter, Kane Vandemark scored on a 3-yard run for South Dade. Minutes later, North Miami Beach responded with a 21-yard touchdown pass to Volaskis Walkin from Morrison. The extra-point attempt was blocked. The Bucs led 7-6 at halftime.
Early in the fourth quarter, Darnell Durham scored on a 31-yard pass from Fralon Warren. Durham finished with a game-high 115 receiving yards and eight receptions. Morrison passed for 81 yards and rushed for 62 yards.
"It was a great game, we all played good for senior night," Durham said. "It was my last game, an emotional game, and I wanted to go out with a bang."
North Miami Beach will face Coral Gables in the first round of the playoffs. South Dade has been eliminated from playoff contention.


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Easy to Do Meagan Good Hairstyles
Just in case that you are having a kind of pixie style in term of your haircut, you can actually alter its look into the Meagan Good hairstyles. Surely you should start by preparing your hair for styling. It should not be a kind of expensive hair since you may need to cut a bit of it. You will also need to add both of hairstyle as well, so be prepared to do so.
Soon afterwards you should add your choice of side part right into your originally pixie cut. The side is really up to you whether to go to the right or to the left. Next thing to do is to create a kind of slight moon part right into the middle of your ear. You can actually create it further if you like to do so. Just remember to leave your edges along with some hair nest to the part that you have just made before doing this step in copying Meagan Good style of haircut.
Next you have to measure the weft tracks to the length of your intended braid. Sew it to the braid and leave some hair out in order to cover the track in purpose of creating the next braid. Sew in right into the next track and simply repeat these last several steps until you reach the crown of your head. It will be like 4 to 5 tracks commonly.
Make sure that you have enough hair to cover your tracks. Make use of razor and comb to style your hair a bit while making sure that your hair is out if the way in order to avoid accidental cuts. Be sure to create layers that should be styled later on by curling them a bit. Once you have done and you get the look of that one of the great looking Meagan Good hairstyles, finish it off by using polishing gloss spray.


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CW Publishing House (CWPH)
CWPH was born from the success of Collaborative Writing Challenge (CWC). It was a natural progression to set up a publishing company to accommodate the number of books CWC has planned. Once CWC reached its first birthday, we knew we were on to something. As it grew, we learned so much about the art of collaborative fiction, what works, what doesn't, and how to properly perform consistency edits to ensure each of our books flows into an enjoyable read.
With all the support and a growing fan base, we decided to put together an anthology, as suggested by one of our committed writers. We were really surprised by the interest in this and the standard of short stories we received. A number of our writers also bound together to write their own collaborative novels, and this confirmed what we already knew, that there was a demand for collaborative writing. It suddenly became the right time to build on our plans, and thus CWPH was born!
CWPH's primary focus has been to publish CWC books, but we are very excited to open our doors to all forms of collaborative writing in 2018. Our aim is to be a trusted publisher that will offer feedback on your collaborative works, and have a variety of contracts to suit the needs of multiple authors. We want to get to know you, understand your needs, and provide a full service so you can trust us with your valued work.
We also want to commit to producing fun and provocative anthologies that allow our writers to push their own boundaries whilst delving into something new and exciting.
We will of course be furnishing you with more details and specifics, but for now, please enjoy getting to know the CWPH team a little better!
Laura Callender - Founder
My first piece of fiction was written when I was only 12 years old. I described in detail how it made me feel to watch my favorite cardigan as it swirled around the washing machine. My teacher gave me praise, but I never really thought much about writing until I reached my early twenties.
I started with poetry, and then moved on to short stories, eventually progressing to full chapters that matured with me. For me, age and experience really honed my writing ability, and I started to believe that I could one day publish a full length novel. I'm still working towards that goal, but I'm proud to say my first completed book was written for my daughter and published in November 2014. You can find: Jungle Gym - Baby Animals on Amazon, and I have two more children's books written and planned for the near future.
Born in Liverpool, England, and raised in North Wales by my wonderful parents, I finally escaped and travelled the world. I met my husband David whilst he was in the UK, and subsequently moved to New York, USA to begin our life together. Our beautiful daughter was the icing on the cake, and she has played a huge part in allowing me to finally realize my decade old dream of organizing a successful collaborative writing project. Seeing this come together has really taught me to never give up on your ideas! With it's success came evolution, and I am extremely excited about the future of CWPH and working with all the talented writers out there that love collaborating as much as I do!
Kathrin Hutson - Chief Editor
Kat Hutson lives in Grass Valley, California with her husband and their two dogs. She is self-employed through her company KLH CreateWorks as a Fiction Author, Freelance Editor, and Copywriter. She attended the University of Colorado at Boulder for a Bachelors in Creative Writing Fiction, and her writing focuses in Literary Fiction, Fantasy, and Sci-Fi. She has just announced the publication of her Fantasy novel Daughter of the Drackan - which in now available to buy on Amazon, and is currently working on a new Dystopian Sci-Fi.
Her editing career started in 2010, through which she offers editing and proof-reading services for fiction, business, and scholastic literature. She is a member of and received her copywriting training and certification from American Writers and Artists, Inc. (AWAI), and most recently worked with Biokare Health and Wellness, an Alternative Medicine client in Charleston, South Carolina. She is also a member of the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW), and this May received a VIP Award from NAPW for outstanding leadership and ingenuity as a small business owner and entrepreneur.
When she's not passionately consumed by everything writing, she spends her time hiking and exploring the beautiful mountains of northern California, maintaining her 20-year love affair with classical piano, singing and songwriting, and of course curling up with a great book at the end of the day. She is so excited and grateful to be a part of CWC's fantastic projects, and is very much enjoying her first Collaboration as Story Coordinator for the Sci-Fi/Fantasy project ARK. Kat shares Laura's passion for collaborating and is delighted to be part of the CWPH team bringing some some much needed exposure to collaborative works.


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Let's Talk About the Ending of Gone Girl
To be very clear: If you somehow did not read the headline of this post, we will restate — this is a discussion about the ending of Gone Girl the movie. There will be spoilers for both the book and the movie. If you are not prepared to have literally everything spoiled for you, do not read this post. (Counter-warning: If you do read this post and then complain about spoilers, we will hunt you down with the vengeance of a thousand Amys.)
So … it's the same. Exactly the same, as far as we can remember: the speech about Nick on TV ("that's the man I want to be with"); the one burst of domestic violence; Nick working with Detective Boney and Go to make a case against Amy; the frozen sperm and the pregnancy; the "we're gonna be a happy family!" ending. Desi's mother doesn't make an appearance, but that is a very small change in what is essentially an identical plot.
But why did we expect anything different? Vulture's Jennifer Vineyard spoke with Gillian Flynn about the ending controversy, and her story is basically: Blame Ben Affleck and blogs.
The story is, we were never actually thinking about changing the ending. I can tell you how it happened: There was a quote from David that kind of got misunderstood, where Ben had said, "Oh my gosh, Gillian threw out the whole third act!" Well, I probably had. When I rewrite, when I find something's not working, I'll try to Frankenstein it and everything, "Ah! I'm going to rewrite it!" So I was streamlining the third act and figuring out what scenes to put in there, but I think people thought that meant I had thrown out the ending. And then that got picked up by all the aggregation sites, and pretty soon, it was [reported as] me who was saying it, and bragging about it. I did a Reddit thing where I tried to clarify, and then it was being reported, "Stepping back from her earlier comment that she had thrown out the ending, Gillian is now saying ..." It was like, "Ugh!" They don't even bother to check the original source.
It was fun watching it take on its own, weird life, and watching different people start weighing in on it. And also, they could have ... I'm pretty accessible. They could have actually called and gotten me on the phone, or gotten someone, and I would have happily clarified it. But after a certain point, we were like, "It's sort of fun to just let it have its own life."
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I understand that everyone has different experiences, and I respect those who have different views than I do. I also experienced good and bad.
I agree that the "recruiters" pressure you quite a bit. I was initially just looking for information when I came to UoP. If you have a spine and hold your ground, people pressuring you won't matter. I was getting pressure from other universities as well, it's just the nature of the beast. I chose UoP for convenience.
I have had good and bad facilitators and teammates. The bottom line is that I learned far more in UoP than I did at Oklahoma University. My classes have always been focused on what I should learn. I was thankful to not be in an auditorium being talked at by a professor who really could care less if I was there, let alone know my name.
The teammate thing is a non-issue if you are a leader. I have had to take control of my team and I feel that only helps. My degree is in Business Management and I am grateful to UoP for my education.... which I made up for with the oodles of cash I had to throw at them. You get out what you put in.
My problem with the University of Phoenix - and quite frankly all of for-profit university education in the United States - is that it is so incredibly expensive for what you get. I took a few classes from the University of Phoenix and they were okay. I didn't love the online experience compared to a classroom but that's not a reflection on UofP. It might even be a reflection on me.
But then I realized that for many online classes - accounting, languages, calculus - you could go out and hire a PhD or a native French speaker to give you private 1-on-1 lessons for 25% of what UofP charges you on an hourly basis. Heck, you could probably hire a Noble-prize winning chemist to give you private chemistry lessons for less.
So not only do you get lesser instruction, but you pay much more for it. And all for a piece of paper that an HR department may or may not recognize as being valuable.
I was a newly single mother with three children - I had 66 credits to my name, and was attempting to juggle a full-time work schedule and three little girls. Although I was earning a modest wage, I knew that to be able to support my girls at a decent lifestyle (with no child support) that adding to my credits was the only option.
I researched many schools. University of Phoenix was about the only school that had the accreditation that was solid. I was able to work full-time and earn my degree, while still being the mother to my little girls! Prior to attending UOP, I had attempted classes at local schools - do you know how hard it is to attend night classes?
All these negative reports are primarily from negative people. School, like everything in life, becomes what you put into it.
I have looked into the MBA programs in San Diego, and UOP's MBA is actually CHEAPER than Cal State San Marcos - YES! So, for all you negative people that complain about the cost of UOP - here is a program that provides a chance for a working, single mother to go to school and earn a degree - and for a reasonable price. Plus, there is a phenomenal amount of support through the academics/enrollment process. These counselors truly care about the students that they enroll.
I have to say that the negativity must be from a few that just chose to not either do their work, or work in a team. After all, aren't all teams made up of different personalities - and working together, and learning to work together is all part of the process.
Thank you to UOP for helping me to achieve my dream.
I completed both my Associates in Criminal Justice and my Bachelors in Criminal Justice Administration with the University of Phoenix. So far I have read several reviews and nobody is complaining about the actual school..people are complaining about instructors, other students, advisors...that does not make up the entire school.
I have had instructors who are not helpful, and those who are overly helpful-I have had students who pulled their weight and others who didn't, and when I had trouble with advisors I requested I work with someone else and I never had a problem.
Any of the problems thus far I have read could be the same problems that you have in a classroom setting. There are schools that cost more than UofP, there are teachers that suck everywhere, advisors that don't do crap everywhere, and there will always be some jackass in your class who doesn't want to do anything.
Bottom line I have completed my degree, and it did cost a bit more than a public university (not more than a private one and remember this is listed as a Private University) and my credits DO transfer to other schools and my degree was recognized by employers.
Going to school online allowed me to have two children and work and still complete my schooling, I even HAD one of my children while enrolled and they give you maternity/medical leave just like any university would. I would recommend UofP.
I must say I read a person was a UOP facilitator from 86 to 94. Come on, are you kidding me? That was the infancy of online education. I think in the 80's they had mail order degrees which were not accredited.
Anyway I love UOP. I got my associates and now I am in the bachelors program. I have not had any problems. I have read most of these reviews and I just don't know what to say to the people with the negative commits.
The school is accredited; the course goes though a text book in a very short time and tests your knowledge with the essays. Let's look at the truth; you can't get into UOP without at least 60 credits. So you go to the associate program Axia which is 9 week classes and they teach you EVERYTHING with it comes to writing.
So people who never had college or don't have the credits actually have associate degrees by the time they start there bachelor's program. So what people are actually saying is people that transferred from other colleges to UOP really haven't learned anything, interesting.
I hear the crying and what I hear from government agencies, being in one myself is that UOP degrees will be considered just like any other degree. So, I say to people who are trying to make a decision about UOP, It is a lot on you and you learn a lot but it takes dedication and hard work but that's life. If you don't have an associate give it at lease that long, you will want to obtain your bachelor's from UOP.
I received my Masters degree from UOP and I am currently working on my Doctoral degree in CI. I have had nothing but excellent experience with this school, and my employers' recognize this school as an accredited school.
I love the interaction with other students in other countries and with the professors. I have attended one residency so far and it was the best. I am growing as a scholar and now I understand why. UOP has the best program and it is very rigorous, so do not attend if you do not want to put in the work and time. I am a Phoenix!!!!
I am very pleased with the programs UOP offers. I completed my Bachelors and Masters and yes, the debt is high but well worth it. If you are serious about getting an education it will take time, hard work, and committment.
The courses are challenging but if your are serious you will look beyond that and reap the rewards upon completion. Team assignments can be difficult, because not everyone on the team is willing to put the best effort, but facilitators know who is contributing and who is not. I highly recommend UOP and good luck in your educational goals.
I attended Ohio University for 3 years and averaged a 3.8...however I felt like I hadn't learned a thing! All I ever did was STUDY for the exam and after it was over, I forgot everything I had learned.
Eventually, loans caught up to me and I had to start working full time to pay for college. You can't work full time and go to actual classes unless you are doing night classes, which I refuse to do. My life doesn't revolve around college.
UOP allowed me to finish my degrees online and also have a full time career. I don't know why everyone else had negative reviews, but I felt like this learning experience made me teach myself. The professors really do not do the teaching...you read, research, and teach yourself.
Bottom line is we need a degree to have really nice paying jobs, and UOP offers great programs to allow you to earn a degree online.I will advise my kids to attend this school, that way they can work full time and pay as they go instead of getting all of those loans like I did for Ohio University.
Let me preface this review by saying that I would have regarded "The Truth about UoP" with a little higher credibility if the author actually used correct grammar. By college level academia, one should know the difference between 'your' and 'you're.'
In 2006, I acquired a bachelors degree in nursing from the University of Phoenix. Unless anything has changed in the past four years, I found the program to be even more challenging than traditional college classes. It required a great deal of participation, research, and paper-writing. This challenge applies especially to people with full-time jobs. However, I felt a huge sense of accomplishment when I finally reached completion.
Truthfully, the group assignments usually left a lot to be desired. As others have mentioned, they only proved to be easy when all group members pulled their weight. I think the facilitators/instructors should probably check in with the students periodically about such issues.
Apart from that, I felt that my own instructors were GENERALLY very helpful and qualified, having a great deal of field experience and accreditation. The program expects 100% fulfillment on a daily basis. You are basically teaching yourself with the assistant of a guide.
Of course, if you are not a self-motivator and feel that the sheer obligation of going to class is more effective in your studies, then this is not the program for you.
I hear the comments about the UOP and how great it is. I wish I could agree with you. Learning teams suck because my grade is dependent on their stupidity. Team mates always have an excuse as to why they can't get their parts done.
Instructors suck because they are more interested in telling students they are not there to teach. They are only facilitators. I constantly here this phrase, "If you give a student a fish they will be hungry tomorrow but if you teach them to fish they can feed themselves." This means what to me when I have a question? Oh, that's right; you are teaching me to fail. They would like that to happen because they can make even more money on your requirement to take the class over again.
Tuition is an issue. I am five classes away from by BA and they are steadily raising my tuition rates. I currently pay $1,670.00 per class and they are raising it again to almost 1,800.00 per class. They have got me because I can't transfer to another college and only take five classes and the other college would not accept all of my classes.
I found it funny that when I enrolled they only accepted 20 credit hours from my Associates Degree from the local community college and I actually took a class that used the same text book and covered the exact same information as the one I took in a lower level class at John Tyler Community College.
I really have no one to blame but myself, I wanted to improve myself and now I am over 70k in debt because these vultures preyed on my dream of getting my BA.
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Russell Simmons, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Kim Kardashian, Rachel Roy and others unite on Twitter to create virtual rally in support of religious freedom
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NEW YORK, March 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Community and religious leaders, local officials and celebrities will join together to protest the targeting of American Muslims and Arabs in upcoming congressional hearings in support of equitable civil rights for the Today, I Am a Muslim, Too, rally. The physical event will take place on Sunday, March 6th in Times Square (42nd Street and 7th Avenue), New York City. Throughout the weekend, a virtual rally will commence online through social media networks with supporters and influencers – including Russell Simmons, Sean "Diddy" Combs and Rachel Roy – showing their support by taking to Twitter and posting the hashtag #Mar6.
"By making this a virtual rally artists, actors, fashion designers and other influencers, that are unable to attend the event in Times Square can help us reach tens of millions of other people with their following," said Russell Simmons, Chairman of Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. "It's my prayer that this effort will start a process to eliminate the horrible sickness that is islamaphobia that is so prevalent in this country today.
Taking place in response to upcoming Congressional hearings led by Peter King (R-LI), a broad coalition of over 75 interfaith, nonprofit, governmental, and civil liberties groups will come together in person and online in support of equitable civil rights. Rally-goers will stand together against bigotry caused by anxiety, misinformation, and ignorance, to show Congress a united American community which seeks to strengthen – not dilute – our bonds of friendship and trust. Organizers of this rally believe one can be a loyal Muslim as well as a loyal American without conflict.
Other celebrities that are expected to show their support through the weekend include; Juelz Santana, Kimora Lee Simmons & Djimon Hounsou, Adrien Grenier, Cory Booker, Susan Sarandon, Common, Swizz Beatz, Jermaine Dupri, Lorraine Bracco, John Legend, Heather Graham, Jim Jones, Kelly Bensimon, Reverend Al Sharpton, Reverend Run, Lamar Odom, Khloe Kardashian, Reverend Jesse Jackson Congressman Charles Rangel and many more.
In addition to Simmons and Rabbi Schneier, additional guests expected to appear include; Imam Shamsi Ali (Islamic Cultural Center), Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf (Cordoba Initiative), Rev. Bob Chase (Intersections), Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein (Central Synagogue), Katherine Henderson (Auburn Theological Seminary), Rev. Chloe Breyer (Interfaith Center of New York), Rev. Amandus J. Derr (St. Peter's Church), and many other religious, community, and political leaders. There will also be a performance by UN Goodwill Ambassador Salman Ahmad of Junoon Band.
Alarmed at the demonization of an entire community, hundreds of civil liberties groups have signed letters opposing the hearings as they are currently planned, including a petition circulated by Faith in Public Life. On February 1, 2011 a letter to House Majority and Minority Leaders John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi, protesting the bias evident in King's hearings.
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Miss T became a teenager today, yes that does mean I'm a mum of a teenager, don't rub it in! Here she is after her birthday trip to Nando's with her friends, it's the in thing to do, trust me.
A few of her friends came back to our house so their mums could pick them up. What's the beauty point? Before the front door was even shut they'd disappeared to Miss T's bedroom, not to post selfies to Facebook, but to smell the new Justin Bieber fragrance, The Key, £25 for 30ml.
I'm not sure I realised the anticipation amongst teenagers for this scent before today. You see it's not just a new scent, this is Justin giving a piece of himself to his fans and we have a bottle in our house, even though it's not out till August.
Needless to say Miss T's friends couldn't wait to try it, oh yes, there was a lot of it spritzed today, luckily I quite like it and I say luckily because I can still smell it now. There are notes of pear, pink jasmine and vanilla, which make for quite a comforting smell.
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It is hard for me to believe that it has been 10 years since the attacks on the World Trade Center and Washington, D.C. Some days it feels like they happened just a few weeks ago, but other times it feels as if it was a million years ago. While the focus of this blog is to document the ups and downs of my third decade, I think it is important to remember the key events that influenced the person I am today and the person I will be tomorrow. There is no doubt that the events of 9/11/01 had a huge impact on me. They catapulted me from the cocoon of late adolescence into the reality of adulthood.
I was 20 on that day. I lived at home while I was in college, and decided to participate in an internship program. This was the first time I had really lived on my own. My internship at Walt Disney World started in late August of that year and was enjoying my newfound freedom. Even though I had an early shift on that day, my roommates and I had spent much of the previous night out with some tourist friends we had met. I wasn't worried, because all I had to do that day was great guests as they entered the attraction where I worked, and at 20 I didn't need a whole lot of sleep for that.
About an hour after I started work, one of the trainers in my area came around and asked me if I had see anything suspicious. He told me to keep an eye out for anything strange and let management know immediately if I saw anything, but did not say much else. About 30 minutes later he came back and told me what was going on in New York and that park leadership was deciding the best plan of action. Not long after, he came back to tell me that the park would be closing shortly and I should tell guests it was due to a national security situation. At that point no one knew what would be the next target, but an American Icon like Walt Disney World was definitely not out of the realm of possibly.
We cleared the guests out of our area and lined up to wave goodbye and answer their questions. It was strange to see the guests quickly filing out of the park on beautiful, clear, sunny day. Closely following the guests, were security personnel and police officers with bomb sniffing dogs looking for anything suspicious. Once the guests had left the park, we were taken to a conference room with a television and given the details of the day's events. This is the first time I saw the haunting images of the twin towers and the pentagon. We were told to go back to our apartment complex and wait for further information and instructions.
I spent the next 24 hours glued to the television along with my roommates. We were all far from home and not sure what was going to happen next. Sharing this experience is part of what cemented my friendship with these amazing women into what it is today. Since we were all away from our families, so we made our own family.
I was very lucky because I did not know anyone who died in this tragedy, but it has impacted my life in so many ways. That day was the first time I really realized we never know how much longer we have on this earth and it is important to say "I love you" to the important people in your life. It was also the first time I realized that safety is not guaranteed.


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This past weekend I went to visit my friend Bea in New York City.
I found a round trip bus ticket for cheap and was off for the weekend.
Let me start by saying that I do not do well on public transportation.
I get really motion sick and sweat...it's awkward for me and whoever has the honor of sitting next to me.
So leaving on a Friday from DC at 5:30 in rush hour traffic probably wasn't the best life choice I have ever made.
I got a ticket for the Bolt Bus, which promises free wi-fi and plugs for you to charge your junk.
That sounded a little icky.
By plugs I mean outlets and by junk I mean technology.
I had this idea that I would be riding to NYC in style.
Watching Instant Netflix on my charged computer.
Sipping tea. Twirling my handle bar mustache.
However, when I went to plug my charger it didn't fit.
Despite all my efforts, and the fact that I looked like a chimp trying to solve a math problem, it wasn't going to happen.
Resigned to the fact that it was just me and the iPod for the trip I settled in for the ride.
As we were in the thick of the traffic, and I was at the peak of my motion sickness I felt this hard thump on the top of my head.
I suddenly transformed into Chicken Little.
The sky was freaking falling.
It turns out some skank didn't secure her luggage like a normal human and her
HARDCOVER BOOK fell out of her tote bag and onto my noggin.
Convinced I had a concussion I texted my best friend Sara, who always the optimist said:
I then grouchily texted back something to the effect of:
"Yeah well I also now know what it smells like if Taco Bell and Subway had a food baby, due to the two skanks sitting next to me eating tacos and a $5 footlong."
Once the bus got rolling I calmed down and no longer felt ragey or barfy and was ready for NYC.
(Pulitzer prize here I come.)
Saturday was when the magic happened.
I can only describe it as one of the coolest days of my life.
Let's proceed.
I have many secret shames, which I'm sure will be revealed at some point.
A giant secret shame is my love for Kris Allen.
Bea and I have had a secret quest to meet him for about a year. We went to the American Idol's Live tour last year and failed miserably in meeting any of them.
When I was planning my trip to visit, Bea informed me that Kris (we're on a first name basis) would be performing at Yankee's stadium for $5.
As we were walking to the stadium so sweet lady handed us free tickets.
Hello Heaven, it's me Ashley. Thanks for making that happen.
After Nick Cannon introduced him
my little love bird performed a ballin' show.
I just said ballin' in reference to Kris Allen.
Let it happen.
After the show we wandered for a bit and decided to head back to the subway and hang out in Union Square park.
Then Bea spotted Kris Allen's tour gear.
Oh...I think you know where this is going friends.
We hunkered down made friends with the road crew and discovered that Kris hadn't left yet and would be exiting shortly.
Not wanting to be ill prepared for our potential meeting I practiced my "Hey I'm taking a picture with Kris Allen face":
Then things started to get crazy
Like he actually showed up:
Then when we finally elbowed the 10 year olds out of the way it was our turn to take a picture with him.
Here's me telling him that I tweeted to him earlier in the day.
Here's how the conversation went:
Jones: "I tweeted you earlier."
Kris: "Really? Well...what'd you say?"
Jones: "That we were hanging out."
Kris: "Oh."
Jones: "Can we take a funny picture together?"
Kris: "Sure."
I'm gonna let all this sink in and come back in seconds with more epicness.


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